PHOTO BY: SCOTT VANKOUGHNETT
The former Ontario Hockey League MVP has signed his first professional contract.
According to the Boston Globe, the deal is for three years and will pay Seguin a base salary of $900,000 per season. Even though exact terms were not disclosed, this is the maximum salary on an entry level deal. The report states that Seguin could make up to $3.75 million per year if all of his bonuses are met.
In 63 games last season with the Plymouth Whalers of the OHL, Seguin amassed 48 goals and 106 points, tied for top spot with the NHL’s number one overall pick in the 2010 draft, Taylor Hall.
With rumors surrounding that Marc Savard will be shipped out prior to the season starting, Seguin could break in on the team’s top-two lines. Whether he stays at his natural center position is in question, as the Bruins have been thinking about the idea of moving him to the wing to get comfortable with the pace of NHL play.
If he does not make the Bruins, or the team decides to send him down before his allotted amount of games in the NHL, Seguin must return to the Whalers as he is under 20 years old.
Seguin, who did not make Team Canada’s National Junior team last year, will participate in the annual Canadian National Junior development camp in St. John’s, Newfoundland this week.
Topics: Boston Bruins, CHL, NHL, OHL, Plymouth Whalers, Taylor Hall, Team Canada, Tyler Seguin
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